Fatal Strike: Paladins Mercenary Road

Chapter 277 Bomb
It's really like one wave of pirates coming after another. We just killed all the pirates who boarded the ship, and we haven't figured out whether there are other undercover agents inside the cruise ship, but then another wave of pirates came.

And the guys who came this time obviously had more powerful weapons and equipment.

Watching the four enclosed speedboats approaching the cruise ship at a very fast speed, Shanying could not help but urge them a few times. He felt a little relieved until Measles arrived with the PKM machine gun.

"Don't worry, as long as the captain doesn't surrender, they can't get up."

Experienced Eddie stood guard beside the rope ladder at the bow, looking at the four speedboats that were already approaching the cruise ship within a kilometer. He frowned and said, "This is not the ship pirates usually use. It's too advanced!"

Shanying took the AKM handed over by Dalia, and increasing his shooting range a little bit was a little more psychological comfort.

After hearing what Eddie said, Shanying said helplessly: "What does this mean? Should I be grateful to those pirates for thinking so highly of me?"

Eddie tied up the coiled rope ladder with a few ropes, then walked to the side of the Eagle and said, "No, what I mean is that pirates don't need to sail this kind of boat. It's inconvenient and the cost is too high!"

While Eddie was talking, Shanying looked at the speedboats rushing towards him...

Seeing two pirates armed with RPGs coming out of the speedboats at the same time and aiming at the cruise ship, Shanying cursed, picked up the AKM and chose to open fire.

The moment Shanying opened fire, the others followed suit and pulled the trigger...

However, facing the speedboat charging on the sea at a speed of 80 kilometers per hour, the bullets fired from the captured old guns they used were really not very accurate.

Except for the bullet fired by Measles' PKM that hit the side of a speedboat and scared the people on it, all the shots fired by others missed the target without exception.

Mountain Eagle's actions angered the pirates. They slightly turned the bow of the ship. When the speedboat passed by the flank of the cruise ship and the two sides were about 300 meters apart, the pirates carrying RPGs opened fire.

"Be careful..."

"Boom boom boom boom..."

The trajectories of rockets that can be seen with the naked eye in movies are all special effects.

It's all a lie. The reality is that when an RPG is fired, you can only see the shooter's body vibrate, and then the location that was hit explodes.

The accuracy of launching rockets from a speeding speedboat is full of metaphysics, but you can't resist the huge size of the cruise ship, and the pirates will never miss no matter how hard they shoot.

Amid the roar of the Mountain Eagle, 8 out of 6 rockets hit the first and second floors respectively, and 2 hit the hull.

To be honest, the power of the RPG explosion was not that great, and the shooting was not accurate enough, but the sound of the explosion was a bit too scary for the people on the boat...

Shanying and his companions who were outside could feel the commotion inside the cruise ship, and then a rocket ignited a room on the second floor, and the chaos inside continued to expand.

Shanying was under the bow of the ship, holding his head and looking at the explosion in the middle of the side. Then he stood up decisively, picked up his gun and fired a burst of bullets at the speedboat that was already sailing away.

The two sides were a bit far apart, and the bullets missed the target. Shanying shook his head a little unhappy, looked at Eddie and said, "What on earth are these pirates trying to do?"

Eddie looked at the burning room on the second floor. He held the radio and urged the captain to arrange people to put out the fire. Then he said to the Eagle: "They know they can't get on the ship, so they threaten the captain and ask him to surrender.

Shanying, the cost of building a cruise ship is extremely expensive, and the captain cannot afford the loss of personnel.

According to the unspoken rules, pirates want ransom, so as long as the captain surrenders, they will not kill people at will.

If the captain refuses to surrender and pirates attack the cruise ship, causing heavy losses to equipment and personnel, the insurance company will not pay compensation. "

While Eddie was talking, the four speedboats circled from the stern, went around to the other side, and started to speed up again...

Eight RPG shooters replaced their rockets and completed the firing at the moment the speedboat passed over the flank of the cruise ship.

This time half of the rockets hit the hull, and the other half hit the guest cabins above.

A series of explosions, coupled with a fire in a high-rise guest room, caused chaos on the cruise ship to spread.

At this time, Shanying had no choice...

If the pirates came nearby and tried to board the ship, he could still fight them off.

But they are just using rockets to attack you, and they are the kind that hit and run. They don't have anti-material weapons, let alone anti-tank missiles or anything like that. There is really no way you can do anything.

Using Crow to drop grenades at low altitudes may have a chance of success, but it is not decisive. Grenades cannot sink speedboats that are nearly 30 meters long. Instead, they are more likely to anger the opponent.

Just when Shanying didn't know what to do, the captain's voice came from the headset...

"Officer, there's a riot inside the cruise ship, and our crew is a little out of control. I need to send a signal to negotiate with the pirates to hold them back. Please hurry up the rescue team.

If they can get here sooner, we still have a chance."

Shanying knew that the captain was still holding on, but if Timon arrived late, the situation would be uncertain.

There are more than 4,000 people on the cruise ship. If the pirates continue to attack and cause fire and commotion, these people are likely to riot. Some of the people on the cruise ship are elderly people. If they have problems, not only the captain, but also the cruise company behind them will not be able to bear it.

Correspondingly, once the captain chooses to surrender, the responsibility for the life and death of the tourists will be on the pirates.

The responsibility for surrendering is small, and the responsibility for not surrendering is big. This is the rather funny and helpless situation when encountering pirates at sea.

The lone hero in the movie does not exist in reality!

Unless the shipowner does not have insurance, you will be sued if you do anything that causes the shipowner to be unable to obtain compensation from the insurance company.

In the famous plane emergency landing in the Hudson River in 2009, the captain saved the lives of 155 people on board, but he was involved in lawsuits for several years afterwards. Various messy hearings led to Captain Sullenberger announcing his retirement the following year.

This is the case without anyone dying!

Shanying knew very well that if he, the police officer representing Thailand, had not been on board the ship, the captain would have chosen to surrender at the first moment.

All he could do now was to cooperate with the captain to stabilize the internal situation and then buy time together.

As long as the Thai Coast Guard arrives, the situation will be reversed.

Just as Shanying finished talking to the captain, the four speedboats turned around and sprinted again...

This time they did not fire an 8-round salvo, but instead one of the ships passed by the flank of the cruise ship and fired two RPG rounds that hit the cruise ship's superstructure.

The explosion made Shanying shrink his neck subconsciously. Looking at the pirates on the speedboat in the distance waving their fists arrogantly, he turned his neck unhappily and said, "Eddie, go to the top floor. You are from the risk control department of AXA Insurance. The captain will listen to your opinion."

Mountain Eagle looked at Killer Bee and said, "Killer Bee, you accompany Eddie. We must stabilize the situation in the cockpit. We don't know if there are any pirates among the crew. We must not let anything go wrong at this moment."

Eddie reached out and patted Mountain Eagle on the shoulder, saying, "After what happened, the captain is definitely finished, and he knows it himself, but I can help him pay less price, and he will listen to me!
You have to be careful if you stay down there, there is no perfect way to handle this kind of thing.

You have a special identity, don't let trouble get to you, if you encounter problems it's more appropriate to let the armed security guards take action."

Mountain Eagle nodded in agreement. After watching Eddie and Killer Bee leave, he said to Big Mouth and the others, "Let's go to the patio. We can leave the pirates' bodies alone for now. We must collect all the weapons left behind."

As Shanying said this, he looked at the armed security guards who were wearing the uniform black combat uniforms of the captains and said, "You are responsible for cooperating with the crew to suppress the riot. There must be no chaos. Do you understand?"

The four armed security guards looked at each other and said a little unnaturally: "Officer, our leader wants to talk to you. He is over there in the patio..."

Shanying probably understood the concerns of these armed security guards, so he nodded and said to Measles: "You stay on the side of the ship and monitor the pirates. If they try to get close, kill them...

The Thai Coast Guard is coming soon, we must hold on, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain!"

Seeing Measles holding the machine gun and nodding solemnly, Shanying took out the satellite phone and walked towards the interior of the cruise ship while dialing...

Tessa quickly answered the phone. Without Shanying asking, she took the initiative to say, "Timon and the others are speeding up and will be here soon. You guys hold on..."

Tessa paused and said, "The Asafiev organization issued a statement announcing that they had hijacked the Diamond Queen cruise ship. They demanded that Tagore release the trapped terrorists and also demanded that the cruise company pay a ransom of $1 million."

Shanying paused for a moment, motioning for Dazui and the others to enter the cabin first. He found a bench outside and sat down. He pinched his nose and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice, "Something is wrong...

The pirates who came now were well-equipped, but they could not board the ship.

Even if the captain is willing to negotiate with them, why would they use the cruise ship as a bargaining chip at this time?"

Tessa said anxiously, “I don’t know, Tagore is under a lot of pressure right now!
Not only are there people in our country putting pressure on him, but also people in the United Kingdom and the United States are putting pressure on him.”

Tessa suddenly stopped talking and exchanged a few words with the person next to her. Then she suddenly raised her voice and said to Shanying anxiously, "Asafyev's representative sent a message to the cruise company...

They said there were four bombs planted on the cruise ship and if we didn't give them a clear answer within ten minutes, they would detonate one of them.

Now the time is almost up..."

"boom……"

Shanying looked up at the building above the bow. An explosion occurred in a room on the fifth floor. The impact of the explosion caused a thick smoke to rush out from the balcony of the room, forming a smoke column several meters long...

The mountain eagle directly below watched the large cloud of smoke and dust begin to fall after it came into contact with the moist air. He reached out and felt it, then realized something...

The explosion was loud, but the power was very small.

This was definitely not an explosion caused by explosives, and if the cruise ship really had a bomb, why did the pirates go to the trouble of boarding the ship?
"Tessa, the bomb was improvised using cleaning supplies from inside the cruise ship..."

"Shan, who dares to bet on the man who can make the decision?"

(End of this chapter)